2005 Best American Essays

Edited by Susan Orlean

New Yorker (6), Kenyon Review, Southern Humanities Review, The American Scholar (2), Harpers (3), The Atlantic Monthly, n + 1, River Teeth (2), Salmagundi, Flyway, New York Times, Missouri Review, Meridian, North American Review, Gourmet, PMS

Roger Angell. La Vie en Rose from The New Yorker
Andrea Barrett. The Sea of Information from The Kenyon Review
Paul Crenshaw. Storm Country from Southern Humanities Review
Brian Doyle. Joyas Voladoras from The American Scholar
Kitty Burns Florey. Sister Bernadettes Barking Dog from Harpers Magazine

Jonathan Franzen. The Comfort Zone from The New Yorker
Ian Frazier. If Memory Doesnt Serve from The Atlantic Monthly
Mark Greif. Against Exercise from n 1
Edward Hoagland. Small Silences from Harpers Magazine
Ted Kooser. Small Rooms in Time from River Teeth
Jonathan Lethem. Speak, Hoyt-Schermerhorn from Harpers Magazine
E. J . Levy. Mastering the Art of French Cooking from Salmagundi
Michael Martone. Contributors Note from Flyway
David Masello. My Friend Lodovico from The New York Times
Danielle Ofri. Living Will from The Missouri Review
Sam Pickering. Dog Days from River Teeth
Oliver Sacks. Speed from The New Yorker
Cathleen Schine. Dog Trouble from The New Yorker
David Sedaris. Old Faithful from The New Yorker
Paula Speck. Six Seconds from Meridian
Bert O. States. Skill Display in Birding Groups from The North American Review
Robert Stone. The Prince of Possibility from The New Yorker
Ellen Ullman. Dining with Robots from The American Scholar
David Foster Wallace. Consider the Lobster from Gourmet
Holly Welker. Satin Worship from PMS